Abner Serd

Author | Humorist | Storyteller

green and white landscape

You found me!

Now, that’s a feat worth featuring. You see, I spend most of my days out on Wild Side, weighing the sunrise. It’s not that I’m hard to find; you’ve just got to know where to look.

So … you found me. Well done.

‘Course, it’s possible you just happened to stumble across my back trail, and now you’re wondering exactly what manner of beast you’ve got sighted.

On that score, you can put your mind at ease: I’m a storyteller. Mostly harmless. I specialize in humorous yarns and the occasional rhyming recitation. I’ve also been known to wander hitherin yawn, as you can plainly see from my blog.

Howdy. I’m Abner. Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Abner among the greenery

Abner Serd

Let me tell you a story …

Tales from Hitherin Yawn:

  • Day 75: Fulda to Lake Wilson, MN

    Sometimes walking gives you time to think. In today’s vlog, I think out loud about some career advice I’ve gotten over the years. I also discuss General Delivery, the US Postal Service mechanism by which travelers (a.k.a. transients) can receive mail when they are away from home. And finally (hearkening back to that career advice)…

  • Day 74: Mountain Lake to Fulda, MN

    Today began bright and early: as bright as the full moon, and far earlier than I would have liked. That’s what happens when you camp under a mulberry tree, and something comes along in the middle of the night looking for fresh, ripe, delicious mulberries. I still don’t know what it was, but when the…

  • Day 73: Madelia to Mountain Lake, MN

    Long day. We did 30 miles from 5:30 a.m. to ’round about 8:30 p.m. After that, we really needed a good night’s sleep — which we didn’t get, but more about that tomorrow. We did, however, try out a new method of getting ourselves cleaned up. The method took us a small ways out of…